Bohai Shipyard

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Shipyard and Navy base from afar

Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (BSHIC), the former Bohai Shipyard, is a shipyard in China. It is a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), and is located at the Huludao Port, in southwestern Liaoning Province, China, on the northern coast of the Bohai Sea.[1] The company was founded in 1954, and constructed vessels for the Chinese market, expanding in the 1990s to international markets after obtaining ISO 9000 certification.[1] It was briefly part of the Liaoning Shipbuilding Group in the late 1990s before the formations of CSIC.[1]

Bohai Shipyard has produced both civilian and military vessels.[1] It has been particularly instrumental in China's nuclear powered submarine program, constructing the Type 091, the Type 092, the Type 093, and the Type 094.[2][3] This shipyard also build 4 large bulk carrier, part of Valemax, delivered to Berge Bulk between 2011 - 2013.

In late 2016, Bohai completed a new 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft) covered shipbuilding facility, leading defense industry analysts to speculate that it could be used to increase the submarine production.[4] It will be able to accommodate the construction of four submarines at once.[5]

References
  1. "Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd [BSHIC]". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. "Submarine Shipbuilding". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  3. Bussert, James; Elleman, Bruce (2011). People's Liberation Army Navy: Combat System Technology, 1949-2010. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1591140801.
  4. "New Chinese shipbuilding facility may be used for nuclear submarine production, say reports". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. 7 September 2016. Archived from the original on 13 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  5. "China is Building the World's Largest Submarine Factory". 24 April 2017.


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